Early Morning in Geneva...

I landed in Geneva yesterday around 2pm...went straight into the office (which I was pretty impressed with given I only slept for a couple hours on the plane).  Fortunately, I was able to go to sleep around 9:30pm (with hopes of a great night sleep).  Unfortunately, I woke up around 2:30am WIDE AWAKE!  At that time in the morning, there isn't much to do besides turn on the TV.  Geneva is not known for it's great TV stations.  The average hotel TV typically has 3-4 French news channels, 2-3 British news channels, CNN (which I refuse to watch), 3-4 German Channels and then about 15 Arab channels (with quite a variety of programming).  Luckily for me, I found that if I turned up the volume REALLY loud on one of the Arab channels, I could actually hear the real sound (in English) to the movie.  Of course the movie was Honey I Shrunk the kids...not exactly Oscar caliber, but it was pretty exciting for an insomniac in Geneva.

Appy Me

Translation - Happy Meal! Veda was chanting this as we headed through the drive-through for the second time this week. I think she remembered that she got a Shrek toy last time so she was super excited to see what this visit would bring her... Fiona! I find this to be an easy and quick meal when I'm in a bind. I picked her up at daycare today and the housekeeper was still cleaning the kitchen when we got home so we sat on the porch and ate. The other day I bought her a burger and tore it into small pieces and she wouldn't touch it. Todd suggested I just hand her the burger instead - so I did and this time she ate it - who knew?

A Date with Myself

Todd doesn't know it yet but I'm going to see Sex and the City 2 this weekend while he watches the girls... because let's face it - it's not worth $15 an hour to go to a movie as a couple any more. That's like a month of our Blockbuster membership each hour.

Christmas Cactus

I love my Christmas Cactus. I never know when it will bloom - definately not at Christmas though. Auntie Susan Strauss gave this to me almost 10 years ago as a birthday present when I was working at the Alumni Association. It never bloomed until I moved to California. Thanks Susan - this gift makes me think of you all the time!

Saturday Fun

Veda was feeling a little under the weather Saturday but we decided the best medicine would be to get out of the house. We met up with the Soffin/Soria family at Underwood Farms. Fun times for all. The pic of Veda at the fence was when she was yelling at the 800 lb pig. She wanted it to move but it was sleeping.

ANOTHER Birthday Party! This one was Drew's!

And then there were three...

A little more love came into our lives early this morning. Mr. Owen Ehlers (weighing in at 7lbs 6oz and measuring 20 inches) was born in Scottsdale. We are so emotional (ok so I'm so emotional - Todd not as much) about his arrival. Kel and Chris deserve all the happiness he will bring to them. Welcome little man - we love you!

More Smiles

Here are some still pics of little Adele in her good mood today. The last two photos are of Veda at the same age... I found one with her wearing the exact same outfit and laying on the exact same blanket... I don't think they look much alike in these photos. Adele's eyes are blue and Veda's are green and they definately have different noses.

Baby Day?

We are sooooooooooooo excited. Baby Boy Ehlers may arrive yet today. I will be a real Auntie. Will keep you posted on the arrival of Veda and Adele's cousin. Todd's cousin had his baby this morning too. Shaping up to be an eventful day!

Smiles from Adele

Brushes with Fame

Todd made it on to an episode of The Houswives of New Jersey when he was at NY fashion week last year. He didn't know until now... Also - here are some pics from Hollywood Style Awards last year that I never posted.

Sick????

We are having our first official sick day. Veda was burning up this morning so I took her temp... 101. She isn't acting like she doesn't feel well as you can see but just in case I didn't want to expose the other kids at daycare. Normally I look forward to sending her off for fun at Jenn's but on this cold and cruddy day I'm glad to have her home.

Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

We went to Todd's company picnic yesterday and Veda didn't see the sign that said she was too little to ride the slide.

Laughing at myself

I found the cream cheese in the pantry on Friday. I know it had been there for a couple of days because I distinctly remember opening the cabinet and seeing it there but not having it register that this is a refridgerater item. The week before Todd found my Ben and Jerry's in the fridge. Probably for the best;)

Blog Nap

I tend to blog when I have a photo to share. I haven't been good about getting the camera out this week so here's one from the archives just for giggles. Veda starts swimming lessons on Monday and so far she is turning out to be quite a fish. Last week when we were sitting in the hot tub with our neighbors Veda got out and ran over to the big pool and jumped in by herself. No fear. Her life vest/waterwing combo gives her too much courage I'm afraid.

The Shuffle

It's hard to say who will be in which bed come morning. This morning at about 3am Veda came in and jumped in our bed. Normally Todd would take her back to her bed but he didn't wake up so she just snuggled in between us and fell asleep. Adele started to stir in her bassinet a short time after so I brought her into Veda's room to feed her so we wouldn't wake Todd or Veda. Todd left for work early. When he left I went back to our room to sleep with Veda and left Adele in the other room. A different routine every night!

Rub a dub dub

Bath time with Adele. Veda also has a matching towel. Thanks Patti!

Thanks Auntie and Unc

Happy Mother's Day

Love Veda & Adele!

If you don't look good...

          

...we don't look good.  I had some all day meetings down at the Sassoon Academy in Santa Monica on Friday.  I brought Veda a little present home from the schools...a mannequin head and some brushes to practice with.  She is already quite the little stylist....just like Grandma Di Di

Mother's Day Present

Kathy was having a rough day last Thursday, so Veda decided to give part of her mother's day present early.  The present was intended to make the process of feeding Adele at night a little easier.  Well, as soon as Veda figured out that the chair gives back massages (and it has a ready light at the push of a button), she doesn't want to share with mom anymore...

Adele 8 week check-up

Adele had her first set of shots yesterday. It was a tough day. She bawled for 3 hours straight. I don't know if it had anything to do with her shots... but I know it was my hardest Mommy day on record. When Veda woke up from her nap she bawled because the baby was bawling and then I couldn't handle it anymore so I started bawling. I was very close to calling Todd and having him come home from work. I had the text message written but never sent it because I KNEW they would start crying the minute he got home! Eventually Adele fell asleep - for hours.

Todd decided to give me my Mom's Day gift early because I thought I needed it. I did and I love it. I'll post about that later.

Adele weighed in at 10.04 lbs, head was 56 cm and length of 22 in. She is at 50% across the board. The Dr. claims her head is a little flat on one side (but I can't see it!) so I've been told I need to work on having her favor the other side. I hate homework;) Oh... and she's smiling at me now!

Kisses for Adele

Sunday Funday

As if we hadn't already had enough fun... we got some pool time in before we headed to Connor's bday party at my cousin's house on Sunday night. Happy BDay Con - Man!

Underwood Farms

Jen, Randy and Ella invited us to go with them to Underwood farms on Sunday for family fun and a picnic. What a find! You can pick all your own vegatables and fruit at the farm and they have animals and rides for the kids. Veda rode her first "princess" and Todd kept himself entertained with the pygmy goats walking on the beams overhead. Hilding was also in town this weekend and was such a sport hanging with the Toddlers!

Late Night

Saturday we headed down to LA for a BBQ at Jonathan and Christina's. Veda stayed up WAY past her bedtime because she wanted to watch the Mayweather vs Mosley fight;) Really though... the twins were in bed and she got to play with all of their toys.